September 2026

September 28th - October 2nd, 2026

Important Dates:

• September 29th - Orange Shirt Day

• September 30th - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (no classes)

• Picture Order deadline

• October 2nd - Terry Fox Run (collecting toonies for Terry all week)

• October 12th - Thanksgiving Day (no classes)

What we are learning this week:

Language Arts: We are continuing narrative writing in both languages.  Students are working though strategies to develop their characters and setting.  We will learn to add dialogue and a character's inner thoughts to our writing.  In reading, students have been learning to jot down their thoughts as they read. This week, we will focus on reading through each word until the end, as well as, skipping words we don't understand to see if figure it out by reading the whole sentence.

Math: We have been representing numbers up to 1 000 000.  This week, we will represent decimal numbers to the thousandths.  

Integrated Curriculum:  We learned about most of the human body systems.  This week, students will do a deeper dive into two of the major systems.  In teams, they will draw two systems on a life size poster, and then will label the organs and parts of the system.  Students will prepare a presentation for the class on how the two systems they are studying work together. I will be helping them create an experiment as well to go along with their presentation.

September 14th - 18th, 2026

We had a great first week at school.  Students participated in many group activities and projects where they eased back into speaking French for most of the day and working with peers.

Important Dates:

• September 15th - Picture Day K-3

• September 16th - Picture Day 4-6

• September 16th - Meet the Staff/BBQ  4:30-6:00

• September 29th - Orange Shirt Day

• September 30th - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (no classes)

What students will learn this week:

Language Arts : Students will start the year building their writer's notebook and learning strategies that will help them come up with an idea and build stamina to stay on task.  Students will be learning the Long A sound in spelling and the verb AVOIR in French. I am also reading Anne of Green Gables outloud to them.

Spelling Review this week : Students have practice sheets in their green duo tang.  We are working on pages 1-5 this week.

Math : Students will be learning to represent and describe whole numbers to 1 000 000.  

Math Review this week : Students have practice sheets in their orange duo tang and will be reviewing pages 14-17 this week.

Integrated Curriculum : Our first unit of study is the Human Body Systems.  Over the course of 3-4 weeks, we will learn about each of the systems and their organs.  In a few weeks, we will be discussing puberty and the physical and emotional changes that occur.